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G. ANDREWS.

GUTTEB. ATTAGHMENT.

No. 531,989. Patented Jan. 1, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFlCE.

GEORGE ANDREWS, OF BELLOXVS FALLS, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TO AUGUST F. \VINNETVISSER AND TVILLIAM E. CONWAY, OF

SAME PLACE.

GUTTER ATTACHMENT.

$PEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 531.989, dated January 1, 1895.

Application filed March 28. 1894. Serial No. 505,492. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- A

Be it known that I, GEORGE ANDREWS, of Bellows Falls, in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gutter Attachments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of gutters and spouts which are connected with the eaves of a building to collect and carry away the surplus water. A difficulty with such gutters and spouts is that snow and ice accumulates in them,thus damming up the water which freezes and causes the gutter or spout to burst.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple attachment by means of which the gutter may be tipped up beneath the eaves and the spout also turned beneath the caves of abuilding, so that neither gutter nor spout collects any snow, ice, or other matter, and in case of rain the spout and gutter are turned back to position so that the water is carried away in a proper manner.

To these ends myinvention consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a broken front elevation of a building provided with myimproved attachments. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a broken side elevation of the building and the attachments embodying my invention.

The gutter is of the ordinary kind and is adapted to be supported beneath the eaves ll of a building, the gutter resting in hangers 12 which are secured to the shaft 13 ex tending parallel with the caves and journaled in bracket arms let which are secured to the bracket plates 15, and these are fastened securely to the side of the building. Any suitable bracket may be used, however, for sup The shaft is provided, preferably at the end, with a crank 16 which connects by a rod 1'7 with a crank 18 on the vertical shaft or rod 19, which is held in suitable supports 20 and is, at its lower end, provided with a crank handle 21 having a slot 22 therein adapted to receive a fastening stud 23 which is secured to the building and which is adapted to form a support for the crank handle 21. At the opposite end of the gutter is an outlet 10 delivering into the bent upper end 24 of the spout 24 which slides vertically in its supports 25, these being secured to the building and it also slides in a support 26 which has cams 27 on its upper edge adapted to act on the cams on the lower edge of a collar 28, which loosely encircles the spout, has a handle 29 and is adapted to abut with a collar 30 on the spout. It will thus be seen that by turning the handle 29 in one direction, the spout is raised and, by turning it in the other direction, the spout is lowered and when lowered its upper end may be turned around beneath the eaves so that no water can run into it.

After the spout has been disengaged from the gutter, the handle 21 may be turned so as to rock the shafts 19 and 13 and the movement of the latter swings the hangers 12 inward and tilts the gutter beneath the caves in the manner shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and thus the gutter is also kept clear of snow and ice. In case it rains, the spout may be turned back and raised and the gutter may be also turned into ahorizontal position ready to catch and carryaway the rain which drops from the eaves.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with the eaves trough having an outlet, of a vertically sliding rotary spout registering at its upper off-set end with said outlet; whereby it may be lowered to disconnect it from said outlet and then turned to throw its upper end under the eaves, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the rocking eaves trough having an outlet and an operating mechanism, of a vertically sliding rain spout registering at its upper end with said outlet and provided at its lower portion with mechanism for raising and lowering it to connect and disconnect it and the said outlet, substantially as set forth.

10 stantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the gutter and spout, of a manually operated cam mechanisin for raising the spout into connection with said gutter and lowering it for disconnection therewith, substantially as described.

GEORGE ANDREWS.

lVitnesses:

EDGAR A. EATON, EUGENE A. NoRWooD. 

